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| Home Theater Installation TipsSetting
up a new home theater system is exciting, but, with equipment and
components and wiring galore, it has its share of pitfalls – many of
which are avoidable.
As with most home improvement projects,
preparation - and a bit of forethought - is key. Consider these simple
installation tips from the experts at CableOrganizer.com – a leading
provider of home theater cable, wire and equipment management solutions:
Account for power requirements
Make
sure that your home’s circuits can handle the power load placed on them
by home theater devices. Before you plug in and run all of those
audio/video components, find out how much power you have running to
your home theater room, as well as the total amount of power that will
be drawn by the electronics. If the load is too heavy, reconfigure your
equipment so that you don’t blow the circuit! And always remember: if
you’re in doubt as far as power capabilities for a home theater go,
there’s no shame in having a professional assess the situation. Where
electricity is concerned, it’s always better to be safe than sorry.
Go easy on your cables
It’s
only natural that you’re going to delicately care for expensive, top-of
the line home theater components like screens, DVD players and audio
equipment, but you need to make it a point to treat your cables gently
too. After all, cables are responsible for transferring all the
necessary signals between home theater devices. It doesn’t matter how
great the equipment is; if your cabling is bent or crushed, the signal
will be impeded and the audio/video quality won’t live up to its full
potential. Cable stress is usually the result of improper installation,
but the good news is that most problems can be easily avoided by
observing these two key rules:
1. No sharp angles! If you need
to work cable into or around a corner, don’t force it to form a sharp
90º angle… that sort of “kinking” interrupts audio/video signals during
their journey from Point A to Point B, and will leave you with garbled
pictures and sound. Instead, allow cables to gently curve, or sweep,
into relaxed bends that will allow signals to flow freely.
2.
Don’t squish your cables. Stapling to the wall or floor is a pretty
common method for keeping coaxial cable secure and out of the way, but
you need to watch out for how it’s done. The wrong types of staples can
dig into cabling, damaging its insulation and impeding signal flow. To
avoid cutting off circulation, either use staples that are specifically
designed for use with coaxial cable, or go with an even better option:
surface raceway. Raceway covers all the bases: it gently routes cables
without squeezing or harshly bending them, it keeps them neat and
organized, and it won’t even leave holes in your wallboard!
Don’t forget the surge protectors
It
can’t be denied: with all things considered, installing a new home
theater can turn into quite an investment. But no matter how much
you’ve already spent, don’t connect all those long-awaited audio/video
components until you’ve invested in one more thing: Surge Protection.
Home theater electronics have the power to give you a larger-than-life
viewing experience, but at the same time they’re extremely delicate!
One good power surge can be all it takes to fry audio/video components
beyond use. By plugging everything – from the high-def screen to the
sound system – into surge-protected power distribution units (PDUs),
such as ISOBAR’s Tripp-Lite surge suppressor, you help to ensure that
all of those valuable home entertainment components aren’t wiped out in
one fell swoop.
Give your equipment some room to breathe
Just
like people, electronics tend not to function well when they’re
overheated and kept in close quarters. When you’re deciding on how
you’re going to mount all of those audio/video components, remember
that correct spacing and thermal management are two key elements for a
smooth-running viewing room. Be sure to consult the manufacturers’
specifications to see how much clearance is recommended for each piece
of equipment. Rack mount fans are also a terrific option for home
theater thermal management: they’ll help to keep your equipment cool
and going strong!
Keep the dust in check
Have you ever
accidentally inhaled dust and ended up sneezing, hacking and sputtering
all over the place? If you thought that was bad, you should see what
dust can do when it gets into electronics. To put it simply, dust
interferes with the functions of home theater components, and left to
build up, it can drastically shorten the life span of your audio/video
equipment. If your home theater components are housed in an open
entertainment console, be sure to dust them thoroughly and often.
Hang onto warranty documents
In
the excitement of setting up brand new home entertainment equipment,
you may be tempted to just tear into boxes and start throwing around
packing material and instruction manuals, but be sure to find – and
hold onto – the paperwork for manufacturers warranties. Register your
equipment with the manufacturers as soon as possible, then store all
the documents together in a safe place for quick and easy reference…
this will save you a ton of time and frustration in the event that one
of your components malfunctions. |
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